Hank.Walker@GAUSS.ECE.CMU.EDU (11/20/86)
I drive an old car, so have no depreciation expense. Still the car is rather expensive per mile. The bus would probably be cheaper. But I don't take the bus. Why? Time. Time is money. I want to go where I want when I want, and get there as fast as possible. Nothing beats a car for this in the local city. Sure a rail system in LA will cost 60 times less than the same length of freeway. It's about 60 times less useful. Will it stop in front of my house? No. You have to drive to the nearest station, which could be 10 miles from your house. Every time they propose rapid transit in LA, people notice that only 2% of the population will be within a mile of any station, and so veto the idea. -------